2 Corinthians 1:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 1:9 : 9 God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, {G5547} he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:
Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
John 7:28 : 28 Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
John 8:26 : 26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Cor 1:19-21
3 verses
89%
19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.
20For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
21Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
2 Cor 1:17
83%
17When I therefore was thus minded, did {G687} I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?
1 Thess 2:3-6
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74%
3For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority None as apostles of Christ.
1 Thess 1:5
74%
5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.
2 Cor 2:17
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17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
Jas 5:12
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12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.
2 Cor 1:12-14
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73%
12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
13For we write no other things unto you, than {G2228} what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope {G3754} ye will acknowledge {G2532} unto the end:
14as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
1 Cor 1:8-9
2 verses
72%
8who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 3:4
72%
4God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
3 John 1:12
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12Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, {G2532} we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.
Matt 5:37
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37But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.
2 Pet 1:16
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16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Cor 6:8
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8by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and [yet] true;
Gal 1:20
71%
20Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie {G3754} not.
2 Cor 4:2
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2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
1 Thess 1:8-9
2 verses
71%
8For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but {G2532} in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
9For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
1 Cor 1:6
71%
6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
1 Thess 2:9-10
2 verses
71%
9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: {G1063} working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
2 Cor 13:8
71%
8For we can do {G5100} nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
1 Thess 2:13
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13And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
2 Cor 7:14
70%
14For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
1 Thess 2:1
70%
1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
2 Tim 2:13
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13if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he {G1410} cannot deny himself.
2 Cor 1:23-24
2 verses
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23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
2 Thess 3:3
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3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one].
Gal 1:11
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11For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.
Titus 1:2
69%
2in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
2 Cor 8:5
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Jude 1:17
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2 Thess 2:2
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Rom 9:1
69%
1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
1 Thess 1:3
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3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
Titus 1:14
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14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
2 Thess 2:15
68%
15So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.
2 Pet 1:12
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12Wherefore I shall be {G3756} ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you].
1 John 1:5
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5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
2 John 1:2
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2for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:
2 Cor 6:3
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3giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
Gal 2:5
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5to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.